Hated the penalty idea when I first saw it but it'd actually be alright, penalties become a literal one-shot attempt and it avoids the encroachment rule that nobody ever seems to pay attention to anyway.

All in on the subs getting off the pitch idea, that or a 10-second time limit to avoid that slow trudge across the pitch clapping and pretending to jog. Similarly, goal kicks should be taken the side the ball goes out to cut down on that brand of timewasting too.

Handball definitely needs sorting out - even if it's just clearer wording - it was the one thing VAR couldn't resolve in the World Cup simply down to interpretation of the law by the officials rather than VAR itself.

The game would be ruined if any handball was a penalty. The attackers would just aim for the arms of defenders, knowing full well that 1) the ball moves quicker than any possible human reaction and 2) obviously it is impossible for a defenders arms to totally disappear!

I don't really want to see a game where attackers just chip a pass straight onto the defenders arms.

The handball rule should be changed to make it from the elbow down. That way you would get rid of half of the dubious decisions. Its actually quite difficult to deliberately play the ball with your upper arm.

The handball rule should be changed to make it from the elbow down. That way you would get rid of half of the dubious decisions. Its actually quite difficult to deliberately play the ball with your upper arm.

Handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with the hand or arm. The following must be considered:
- the movement of the hand towards the ball (not the ball towards the hand)
- the distance between the opponent and the ball (unexpected ball)
- the position of the hand does not necessarily mean that there is an offence

It is interesting that it is often said that a player had their arm in an unatural position but the Handball rule does not mention this at all.

As with other rules of the game, a lot rests with the referees interpretation of the rules. What I see with the majority of handballs given, is that the referee seems to be saying that either the player shouldn’t of had their arm there in the first place or that they should of been able to move their arm out of the way and didn’t.

There seems to be very few offences where the player in my view, appeared to actually deliberately block or play the ball with their hand or arm.

The IFAB Advisory Panels met on 5th and 6th. November and supported some proposed law changes:

substitutes having to leave the field of play at the nearest boundary line, yellow and red cards for team officials as well as goal kicks and defending team free kicks taken inside the penalty area. The members were very positive about these proposals and supported the related Law changes.

They "made progress" on handball but don't seem to have reached a conclusion yet:

The Advisory Panels had a detailed and constructive discussion on how the handball Law could be improved to clarify what constitutes handball and consequently, to ensure a more consistent application of the Law.

and they were against banning substitutions in extra time, so that one looks dead in the water..